We are wearing a saddle!!! Along with ground-driving well (now that I've finally found a couple of bits that fit her mouth correctly... had to buy them in Shelbyville!), tonight we added to Pixie's resume by adding "will wear saddle". If I had not been seeing it myself, I never would have believed how easily it went. She let me saddle her up like an old pro. I had expected at least a little bit of attitude, since she has developed into quite a little diva, but I could not have asked her to be any better. Unfortunately, I do not have a saddle with rings large enough to fit my long lines through them, so I attached a loose/stretchy pair of side reins to the saddle and off she went. I let her jog around in the arena for about fifteen minutes or so, and then I untied the stirrups and let them flop at her sides. Pixie handled it like a pro, even when her little yearling neighbor over the fence decided to try to take bites at her and her "back appendage" as she went by... I even acted like I was going to mount up and added weight to both stirrups--she was picture perfect.
She did NOT, however, want me to put the fly mask on... of course, it was most likely a new experience--probley NOT as many flies in NY!! But she quickly got over it and it became old news...
That's awesome! Told you you'd catch right up with us! Way to go, Pixie!
ReplyDeleteI was thinking of y'all last night: how did she do with the fireworks? Do you have any near you?
She did pretty well--she's out with the yearling (who is a pretty settled soul for such a young age) and my 14-year old 'been there, done that' gelding--and they all kept each other pretty settled. The first few fireworks elicited quite a show from them (flagging tails, snorts, the whole nine yards). Luckily, after that it was barely worth a glance up from their hay. I read your blog entry about "babysitting" Quattro! How neat of a relationship it sounds like you two share!
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